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Artworks
William Gillies RSA
Beach with Caravans, 1965, aroundoil on canvas71.2 x 91.5 (support); 78.0 x 98.4cm (frame)The location is Nairn beach. The caravans are arranged like a colour frieze across the centre of the oil marking the division between the sky above and the beach below....The location is Nairn beach. The caravans are arranged like a colour frieze across the centre of the oil marking the division between the sky above and the beach below. Typically with Gillies there is no other evidence of human presence; no crowds of sunbathers or children at play. The overall colour harmony arranged in horizontal banding suggests that he may have been aware of the 'colour-field' works of the American abstract expressionist Mark Rothko.
